US4729466A - Distribution conveyor for products - Google Patents

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US4729466A
US4729466A US07/056,318 US5631887A US4729466A US 4729466 A US4729466 A US 4729466A US 5631887 A US5631887 A US 5631887A US 4729466 A US4729466 A US 4729466A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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  • the invention relates to a conveyor system for products, packages, or the like, which are carried over areas having changes from the horizontal transporting plane.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a conveyor system wherein the rails of the conveyor can be arranged along rising and dipping areas, as well as spirally, in combination with a carrier which remains generally horizontal.
  • the conveyor system according to the invention provides the advantages that the carrying means for the product is horizontalized separately from the rising and dipping areas and that straight and curved increases and declines of the conveyor can thereby be overcome when the carrying means is in a loaded state.
  • the conveyor system is further characterized by possessing low friction and quiet running as well as being capable of a simple construction.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of a transport means at an increasing rail area
  • FIG. 2 is a top view of the transport means according to line II--II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view through a spirally rising section of a conveyor track with a spirally increasing area
  • FIG. 4 is a top view of the conveyor according to FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged section of FIG. 3.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrates a transport 18 with a product carrier in the form of a disc 3, which is particularly useful in transporting a package (not shown).
  • the package is cast off or removed from the disc 3 by a tipping movement of the disc 3 into a collecting zone.
  • the transport 18 is provided with two cylinders 19 and 20, which are arranged in the travel direction and which roll on guide rails 1 and 2.
  • the cylinders 19 and 20 are each flexibly connected with a horizontal and a vertical axis 21 and 22, respectively, and to the transport body 23 positioned between the rails 1 and 2.
  • the cylinders 19 and 20 both run on two carrying rollers 5 and 8 and two lateral guide rollers 4, 6 and 7, 9.
  • the transport 18 is driven by an endless, space free-working belt or chain 17.
  • the chain 17 is further connected to a cylinder 45.
  • the chain 17 preferably consists of conventional hinged bar links.
  • One or more transports may be used with the conveyor system. The intervals between each transport 18 can be altered, by adjusting the links of the chain 17.
  • a cylinder 45 is positioned on a cam 31 with a horizontal axis 26, and the cam 31 is positioned on a swivel joint 25 on an arm 24 protruding out of the rails 1 and 2.
  • the cylinder 45 is also provided with guide rollers 10, which are positioned on vertical axes and are led through the vertical walls 27 and 28 of the guide rails 29 and 30 (FIGS. 3 and 5). Therefore, a tilting of the transport 18 is prevented as a result of the pulling effect of the chain 17.
  • the transport 18 preferably has two horizontal arms 35 and 36 with two storage supports 16 and 37 for a vertical spindle 34, which is connected to an inclined spindle 12 by a crosslink 13.
  • the spindle 12 is positioned on an arm 15 of the transport body 23 which protrudes up and out of the rails 1 and 2.
  • a lever 39 with swivel rollers 32 and return rollers 33 is fastened on the lower end of the spindle 34.
  • Lever 39 rotates spindles 34 and 12 at the unloading zones, so that the disc 3 is inclined to the left or to the right and a package on the disc 3 is dropped or thrown off at a discharge area.
  • the rotation and return of the lever 39 occurs by means of two control rails 40 and 41 which are activated at the loading zones (FIG. 3).
  • the spindle 34 is connected to a conventional double-sided irreversible locking device 38.
  • Both the end and the middle portions of the disc 3 are defined by the irreversible locking device 38.
  • the spindle 12 can thus be driven by the lever 39 in both turn directions, while the retroacting swivel movements of the spindle 12 are locked onto the lever 39 in both turn directions.
  • the rails 1 and 2 are preferably round pipes fastened on carriers 42, which can proceed horizontally, rising and dipping, as well as spiralling. In the rising and dipping areas, the rails 1 and 2 are vertically arranged so that the discs 3 may be adjusted horizontally in these areas and the packages carried by the discs do not slip off.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 a primarily horizontally and subsequently spiralling and rising section of a conveyor track is shown.
  • Both rails 1 and 2 run on a horizontal plane and, therefore, both cylinders 19 and 20 run at the same height. While in the rising area, the rail 2 is arranged towards the top relative to the rail 1 so that both cylinders 19 and 20 are at the same height.
  • the positioning of the rails 1 and 2 can be calculated in a simple manner and eventual conversions can be subsequently easily corrected at the conveyor plant. It has been found that in the case of horizontal discs 3, rail inclinations of ⁇ 15° can be overcome.
  • the cylinders 19 and 20 cannot make corners, since they are connected flexibly to the vehicle body 23. Also, tolerances in the state of both pipes do not produce any additional friction.

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